Husha-i or Hushai
(hasting) an Archite i.e. possibly an inhabitant of a place called Erec. 2Sa 15:32 ff.; 2Sa 16:16 ff. He is called the "friend" of David. 2Sa 15:37 comp. 1Chr 27:33
To him David confided the delicate and dangerous part of a pretended adherence to the cause of Absalom. (B.C. about 1023.) He was probably the father of Baana. 1Ki 4:16
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